Call Univair, they have the curved plastic cover ($71) and gaskets. I thought about making my own lense, but did not want to worry about what type of plastic could withstand constant exposure to gasoline.
There are two models ... Do you have 6 or 12 screws? Double check, you probably have #4 screws, 1/2" long. Univair sent me #6 screws, so I bought #4 screws from Spruce (AN526C-440R8 SS Machine Screw). I recoated the cork in amber shellac (soluable in alcohol, but NOT soluable in gasoline). It works great now ... I checked the calibration of the guage by filling the main tanks in increments. The guage is very accurate, somebody got the markings right! Mike Harrison Whitehall, MT ________________________________ From: eaaflyguy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, July 6, 2010 2:10:52 PM Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Wing tank fuel gauge cover question... I had the same issue a year ago. A well meaning family member wanted to sand the cover to make it clear. The screws became stripped or broke off at the heads. The screws would not go back and the tank leaked. This meant the tank needed to be removed to work on it. On the plus side, I discovered a poorly patched crossflow tube that will have a new replacement, and I got to inspect the spar in a impossible place (clean spars!). The plane had a autogas STC before, and the float gauge looked like it was eaten away to a nub. The downside, there were more 60 year old frozen screws holding the tank, and more rivnuts needed to be drilled out/replaced that held the tank to the wing. The broken off screws around the gauge had to be drilled out, which left the nut plates on the inside of the tank in poor shape. Now a custom plate backer will need to be installed and if it falls in, a complete tank opening for repairs will be needed. (no parts are out there if this gets damaged.) Since we were in this deep, we got a new gauge, (rounded) lens, and seals new to replace it. Very expensive for what you get, but I wasted much more in gas driving back and forth to a distant airport than the parts cost. I only get one day a month to fly/work on the plane, you'll see me at Oshkosh wandering the parts bins for all the hardware needed. The plane was very airworthy, and has been grounded since last Oshkosh for this main reason. I'm not saying don't repair the gauge. But full mains, and a good eye on the center tank float work fine until you are ready to take on the project. --- In [email protected], "goofyguy77" <goofygu...@...> wrote: > > Hi All, I have a little something I'd like to address on my E..This is the > wing tank fuel gauge cover. The gauge works, but the gauge is competely > unreadable in flight.. > > Upon digging through all of my hardcopy parts manual and service manual, I > can't find anything giving parts number information or a blow-up of the > assembly. All that I have is that my parts manual references a page in a > "service memo and service manual" for serial numbers 2623 through 3467 (mine > is 4964) > Does anyone have a scan of the updated parts page that they would be willing > to share??? > or > Univair has a gauge cover (aluminum tank) 48119 on pg 3-12 of the 2009 > catalog listed ... Is this the plastic cover that I need to replace, and is > there anything else (gasket) that needs to be replaced to reassemble > correctly??? > > thanks in advance, > > ///Gene >
